SARASIJA PADMANABHAN

Joint Capacity Building Workshop on Science, Technology and

Innovation (STI) for the SDGs

制定国家IP策略并利用IP平台

可持续发展目标的科学，技术和创新联合能力建设讲习班

Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation – SDG9

National IP policy

IP & SDG

The sustainable development goals

IPR policies (example India) and the platforms- (12th May 2016)

Platform 1- example Honey Bee Network

IP Outreach in Practice - Communication Campaigns Database

IP Outreach Research - Surveys Database

Barriers

• 29 states; • 9 union territories; • over 1.3 billion

people, • 22 official

languages; • literacy … about

74%.... • Which language

WE SHALL OVERCOME

LANGUAGE SHALL NOT BE A PROBLEM - TRAINING THE TRAINER

LITERACY SHALL NOT BE A PROBLEM – START AT SCHOOL LEVEL

DISTANCE SHALL NOT BE A PROBLEM

• The Honey Bee Network in 2012 –the film (click the link)

• Anil Gupta

Today: http://www.honeybee.org

CIPAM; L2Pro; TISC

SOME QUESTIONS ON WHAT WE HEARD SO FAR

Question

Which of the following SDGs relates most closely to Intellectual property

SDG11

SDG10

SDG 9

Question

Which of the following does SDG 9 describe

Good health and well being

Quality education

Industry innovation and infrastructure

Platform 2 The development and diffusion of innovative technologies is critical to achieving many of the SDGs.

Platform 3

GURPREET’S STORY

People’s tree vs Christian Dior (click the link)– highlighting the perils

• The artwork. The drawings of the yoga positions ‘Natrajasana’ and ‘Padmasana’ surrounded by the lotus flower.

• The Hand Block Prints. The blocks crafted by the artisans to the finished printing on the fabric. The Block Printing technique used by ‘People Tree’ is unique to the Kaladera in Rajasthan, and goes by the name of ‘Dabu’ printing.

copyright

Traditional cultural expression/ GI

This was finally called plagiarism and settled out of court

Some questions on what we heard so far

Which of the following products often exist as counterfeit:a. Medicinesb. Auto Partsc. Perfumes d. All of the above

Piracy is rampant in:a. Softwareb. Books c. Both of the above

Plagiarism can be avoided by:a. Patch writingb. Citing the sources

Platform 4

Platform 5- example tech transfer - India to Kenya

Platform 626 international IP treatiesNational lawsJudiciariesAlternative Dispute Resolution

• In November 2016 CIPAM (Cell for IPR Promotion and Management) was established in India as a joint effort between WIPO and DIPP (Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion). Today the erstwhile DIPP is known as DIIT (Department of Industry and Internal Trade).

• In Nov 2017 Dr. Sarasija became aware of WIPO MATCH, and its contribution to STI during a Skype call with IPDP Bangladesh. Mr Wibowo (Project Manager, In charge of WIPO MATCH platform), explained about a platform for needs and offers globally.

• In December 2018, Dr. Sarasija made a small presentation on her contribution to GUIDE ON IDENTIFYING INVENTIONS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, (due to be launched by the WIPO soon) and met with all officials of CIPAM.

The magic of WIPO MATCH – A beacon to look ahead with

CIPAM officials had a conversation with WIPO MATCH about the need of putting the 326 products registered as geographical indications in India on the map of WIPO MATCH as the offers from India and from CIPAM in particular. The Geographical indications include agricultural/horticultural products, handicrafts, manufactured goods and foodstuff, hence the cornucopia or horn of plenty.

Simultaneously, the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST), executive Secretary had a conversation with the WIPO MATCH team about the need of putting the 42 registered Geographical indications from the state of Karnataka on the map of WIPO MATCH as offers from Karnataka. WIPO MATCH expressed interest in the registered coffee varieties from the state… the state of Karnataka being the coffee hub of India. In general, the Geographical indications include agricultural/horticultural products, handicrafts, manufactured goods and foodstuff. This work is in progress.

The Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology applied to CIPAM to have a TISC (Technology Innovation Support Centre), in Bangalore, Karnataka. All formalities are complete now and the Formal approval for establishment of a TISC in Bangalore, Karnataka, India is awaited.

Meanwhile, WIPO MATCH has facilitated Dr Sarasija (advisory member of the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology) to speak on ‘Development of national IP strategies and utilizing the IP platforms’, during United Nations Joint Capacity Building Workshop on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals, Guilin, China, Dec. 9-17.

All this augurs well for the IP platforms, needs and offers. India is vast country with many unique innovations and a large cultural inheritance bouquet, be it agriculture/horticulture, handicrafts, manufactured products or cuisine. A platform like the WIPO MATCH will definitely be a boon to showcase what we have to the world at large and make the most of it.

WIPO MATCH team opens up the possible cornucopia

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